At the Gates is a thriller that is out now – that is enriched by its social commentary. It also marks the breakthrough role for Ezekiel Pacheco, who we interviewed, alongside his co-star, the more experienced actress Sadie Stanley.
Stanley speaks about having Miranda Otto as her on-screen mother, while Pacheco speaks incredibly highly of filmmaker Augustus Meleo Bernstein, who he feels is heading right from the top – a place he also believes he’ll get to himself. After this performance, you wouldn’t exactly bet against it. Be sure to watch both interviews below, in their entirety.
Sadie Stanley
Ezekiel Pacheco
Synopsis
Ana (Vanessa Benavente), a housekeeper from El Salvador, brings her teenage son Nico (Ezekiel Pacheco) to help her clean an affluent family’s Los Angeles home. But after being told by her employers, Marianne (Miranda Otto) and Peter Barris (Noah Wyle), that immigration officers are searching for her, she accepts the invitation to shelter in their house until the crisis blows over. As days go by and the interactions between the two families become increasingly tense, Nico begins to question their hosts’ true intentions in this riveting and insightful drama from first-time feature director Augustus Meleo Bernstein.
At the Gates is out now
